During last night's Charlotte City Council meeting Republican council member Andy Dulin (District 6) boldly spoke up and voted "Yes" to save Charlotte's Special Transportation Service for local Senior Citizens.
Newly elected Democrat Mayor Anthony Foxx voted "No". How disappointing.
Foxx voted no because the new Bus Garage from which to house and operate the Senior Citizen Transportation program, will be somewhat close to his Elite, Posh, Uptown digs.
It will also be located in a section of Charlotte where many of his Straight Ticket Voters reside.
Last year on the campaign trail when Anthony Foxx asked Low Income, Black, Senior Citizen constituents to vote for him they did so without hesitation.
After his election how does Foxx wish to repay them?
By attempting to slash a Necessary program that would assist many of them with receiving continued Medical Care via trips to their Doctors.
Excuse me but I thought Democrats were supposed to be the party in favor of Health Care for Low Income and Middle Class citizens. Did I miss something here?
Foxx claims he wants to prevent City Bus Garages from being placed in Urban Areas.
Please know that's just an excuse he was trying to spin because he wanted to use the money (Stimulus Funds) on another venture like a 1.5 mile Streetcar in the Uptown area. (Where he lives)
Why does Charlotte need a Streetcar that will ONLY travel 1.5 miles when we already have City Buses traveling in the same Uptown direction and when a lot of citizens are leaving Charlotte due to High Unemployment??
How much Fiscal sense does this make?? Even a donkey can see how foolish that idea is.
Why not spend the money on renovating a Bus Garage and expanding Charlotte's Blue Lynx Light Rail line?
Both long term ventures will create Job Growth and improve Charlotte's air quality by getting drivers off the road.
This type of Arrogant, foolishness is why prominent Senators like Evan Bayh are getting out while they can before becoming politically infected with vote buying schemes (like the Charlotte Streetcar).
He sees how Arrogant, Cold-Hearted, Greedy and Selfish many Politicians have become, especially Democrats like Anthony Foxx. (If Foxx isn't cold-hearted or greedy he sure has a funny way of showing it.)
They don't really care about other people unless they are Elites or Wall Street Bankers and....
of course their Political careers. That's it!
Its a sad day when White, Republican Politicians like Andy Dulin have to speak up for Black, Low Income Senior Citizens because Black Leaders refuse to do so.
Beware, beware God is watching and those Politicians will someday receive their just rewards.
People like Evan Bayh and Andy Dulin are going to be Blessed, while people like Anthony Foxx will most definitely reap what they sow.....
Unless they change.
CHANGE!
Isn't that what Pres. Obama and his crew (including Anthony Foxx) promised many voters back in 2008?
Was it a CHANGE for better or worse?
Thank you Andy Dulin and God Bless.
Perhaps Andy Dulin will consider running for Charlotte's Mayor or N.C. Senate (again) in the near future.
Charlotteans need Public Servants like Andy Dulin in the Mayor's seat.
Public Servants elected by the people, to serve ALL people NOT just a few Elite citizens.
Charlotte City Council OKs New Bus Garage
The Charlotte City Council approved a zoning change Monday night that will allow the city's transit system to relocate a bus garage adjacent to a greenway along Little Sugar Creek.
The Charlotte Area Transit System will move offices and a garage for its Special Transportation Service from Statesville Avenue to 3.6 acres east of North Alexander Street. The site is just north of Interstate 277.
CATS' plans had been in limbo since the summer, when council members rejected the transit system's tentative plans for the new $14 million facility. They complained last June that the planned buildings were too ugly and would disrupt the improving Belmont and Villa Heights neighborhoods.
Since then, CATS made a number of changes that helped secure council approval.
The transit system changed the layout of the STS facility, placing the more attractive office building facing the park. It promised to save a 30-foot oak tree and limited the size of the building.
Council approved the change by an 8-3 vote. At-large council members Susan Burgess and Patrick Cannon, who are Democrats, and Republican Edwin Peacock voted against it.
Andy Dulin, a Republican, said he supported the transit system's plans because the green space is on what he called a steep hill, leading to the creek.
"This is not a hill you go with your dog and children and throw a Frisbee," Dulin said. "This (facility) is needed today."
STS carries the elderly and disabled on trips to the doctor or grocery store or other errands. CATS said it needs to expand the buildings that house its buses and vans, and it wants to relocate it adjacent to an existing bus maintenance garage on North Davidson Street. That garage is being improved with roughly $20 million in federal stimulus funds.
By combining the two facilities, CATS expects to save money by sharing staff.
The plans still upset some, however. Jud Little, who owns property in nearby Villa Heights, said the plan is short-sighted.
"Putting industrial uses here makes it more difficult to achieve residential re-investment in areas close by," he said.
Mayor Anthony Foxx, who didn't vote on the zoning change, agreed.
"We continue to put industrial uses into our urban core," said Foxx, who lives nearby in the First Ward. "From that perspective, I would vote no."
The city's zoning committee found the STS buildings would be inconsistent with the city's Belmont Revitalization Plan. But the committee voted to approve the zoning change 5-2, saying it was "in the public interest."
In other action, council members unanimously approved a zoning change that will allow an iconic red, white and blue Volkswagen Bug to remain on top of a building at the intersection of Freedom Drive and West Morehead Street.
The change covers 0.28 acres on the building site.
The building owner wants to convert the building to a restaurant, but that would have meant the Bug had to go. The city has an ordinance against rooftop signs.
The change will allow the Volkswagen to stay, though it can't be an advertisement for a business.
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